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"text": "Mutemath/Paul Meany released Distance, an acoustic EP of some songs from the vault. Very chill.",
"html": "<p>Mutemath/Paul Meany released <a href=\"https://album.link/i/1784266478\">Distance</a>, an acoustic EP of some songs from the vault. Very chill.</p>"
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"html": "<p>In the <em>very-online</em> cultural discussion around masculinity, the toxic/tonic masculinity divide seems to be getting us absolutely nowhere.</p>\n\n<p>I really thought that perhaps the Tim Walz-ian \u201ctonic masculinity\u201d upswell would have a major influence on America\u2019s body politic\u2026offering a sort of \u201creset\u201d on the kinds of discussions we have around \u201chow to be a man\u201d.</p>\n\n<p>Seems that amounted to a hill of beans. The \u201cmanosphere\u201d won, and the bro vote kept right on bro\u2019ing.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe they\u2019re right! Maybe it\u2019s time to retire toxic/tonic masculinity. But not because the bros are awesome, because they most certainly are not. However, I wonder if we simply need to elevate the conversation past \u201cgender norms\u201d entirely.</p>\n\n<p>As a person who has wrestled with <em>performative masculinity</em> their whole life\u2014and I\u2019m currently working on an entire blog series about my history in this space\u2014I must admit I\u2019m just a wee bit sick of measuring who\u2019s angrier today: <strong>men who hate women, or women who hate men</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Somehow I think it\u2019s entirely possible to be a good human and exhibit good qualities regardless of assigned <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/gender\">#gender</a> at birth. Can\u2019t we find a way to talk about how to demonstrate humility, compassion, and resolve, how to be one of the \u201chelpers\u201d (as Fred Rogers would say), without \u201cgender\u201d having anything to do with it? Even when well-meaning men talk about what they hope are good qualities of a \u201cman\u201d, I can\u2019t help but wonder why those aren\u2019t equally good qualities of a woman. By the same token, I can\u2019t help but wonder why good qualities of a \u201cwoman\u201d can\u2019t also be exhibited by a man. Men can\u2019t be sensitive caregivers? Women can\u2019t chop wood?</p>\n\n<p>And the more I think about it, the more I find the \u201ctonic masculinity\u201d of Tim Walz always rang hollow for me. It\u2019s not his fault! But here\u2019s the thing: I have zero interest in many of the things people were joking about when they were meme-posting about him. I\u2019m not about to fix up rare jalopies or dress in buffalo check on a wilderness expedition. Why is any of that considered \u201cmanly\u201d in the first place?</p>\n\n<p>I forget exactly where I heard this, but it was a revelation for me: <strong>as a man, whatever you do is what men do</strong>. In other words, if I identify as a man (and that\u2019s a whole other question if I do any longer\u2026), then <strong>\u201cmanly things\u201d are the things I do</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>At the end of the day, performative expressions of socially-expected gender norms in order make other people feel comfortable at your own expense <em>sucks</em>, plain and simple. My wish is we could spend less time talking about \u201cwhat women should be like\u201d or \u201cwhat men should be like\u201d and simply talk about \u201cwhat humans should be like\u201d. And that list really shouldn\u2019t be very prescriptive at all, other than to define universal qualities such as egalitarianism, altruism, strength of character, and so forth.</p>",
"text": "In the very-online cultural discussion around masculinity, the toxic/tonic masculinity divide seems to be getting us absolutely nowhere.\n\nI really thought that perhaps the Tim Walz-ian \u201ctonic masculinity\u201d upswell would have a major influence on America\u2019s body politic\u2026offering a sort of \u201creset\u201d on the kinds of discussions we have around \u201chow to be a man\u201d.\n\nSeems that amounted to a hill of beans. The \u201cmanosphere\u201d won, and the bro vote kept right on bro\u2019ing.\n\nMaybe they\u2019re right! Maybe it\u2019s time to retire toxic/tonic masculinity. But not because the bros are awesome, because they most certainly are not. However, I wonder if we simply need to elevate the conversation past \u201cgender norms\u201d entirely.\n\nAs a person who has wrestled with performative masculinity their whole life\u2014and I\u2019m currently working on an entire blog series about my history in this space\u2014I must admit I\u2019m just a wee bit sick of measuring who\u2019s angrier today: men who hate women, or women who hate men.\n\nSomehow I think it\u2019s entirely possible to be a good human and exhibit good qualities regardless of assigned #gender at birth. Can\u2019t we find a way to talk about how to demonstrate humility, compassion, and resolve, how to be one of the \u201chelpers\u201d (as Fred Rogers would say), without \u201cgender\u201d having anything to do with it? Even when well-meaning men talk about what they hope are good qualities of a \u201cman\u201d, I can\u2019t help but wonder why those aren\u2019t equally good qualities of a woman. By the same token, I can\u2019t help but wonder why good qualities of a \u201cwoman\u201d can\u2019t also be exhibited by a man. Men can\u2019t be sensitive caregivers? Women can\u2019t chop wood?\n\nAnd the more I think about it, the more I find the \u201ctonic masculinity\u201d of Tim Walz always rang hollow for me. It\u2019s not his fault! But here\u2019s the thing: I have zero interest in many of the things people were joking about when they were meme-posting about him. I\u2019m not about to fix up rare jalopies or dress in buffalo check on a wilderness expedition. Why is any of that considered \u201cmanly\u201d in the first place?\n\nI forget exactly where I heard this, but it was a revelation for me: as a man, whatever you do is what men do. In other words, if I identify as a man (and that\u2019s a whole other question if I do any longer\u2026), then \u201cmanly things\u201d are the things I do.\n\nAt the end of the day, performative expressions of socially-expected gender norms in order make other people feel comfortable at your own expense sucks, plain and simple. My wish is we could spend less time talking about \u201cwhat women should be like\u201d or \u201cwhat men should be like\u201d and simply talk about \u201cwhat humans should be like\u201d. And that list really shouldn\u2019t be very prescriptive at all, other than to define universal qualities such as egalitarianism, altruism, strength of character, and so forth."
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"html": "<p>I finally got a bunch of stuff working on <a href=\"https://sockpuppet.band/\">the new Sockpuppet website</a>, including the <a href=\"https://sockpuppet.band/releases/\">music browser</a>. Now people will have the ability to actually find something in my vast sea of content!</p><p>I still need to finish tagging a bunch of stuff to make it useful but having the functionality in place gives me motivation to do so.</p><p>I\u2019ve also improved the \u201cbuy box\u201d and added way more streaming providers to the sources (which of course requires more content to be filled out, too), and there\u2019s a bunch of other functionality like being able to browse lyrics and song notes and such from album pages.</p><p>The really neat thing is that most of this stuff, even the dynamic stuff, is done using pure CSS! There\u2019s a little bit of Javascript for a couple of things but I have some ideas about how I can remove that stuff, and it\u2019s not like the javascript is particularly heavyweight anyway.</p><p>At some point I should release the templates as Publ samples, so that others can use this as a basis for building their own music sites too. Or something. I\u2019m doing a lot of stuff that\u2019s really taking advantage of Publ functionality under the hood.</p><p>Anyway, for those who follow me via a feed reader but haven\u2019t added that site yet, it\u2019s definitely ready to be added at this point, and I\u2019ll be posting most of my music-related blogging over there from now on.</p>"
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"text": "My first crochet project in 25+ years. This started as a washcloth, but it was so uneven that I stuffed it with paper and turned it into a cat toy."
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Another thing I did during IndieWebCamp San Diego’s Create Day was add a page with food and drink recommendations. This morning I added an emoji before each one as a quick indicator of the type of food. I like that it adds some color and variety to a page of mostly text.
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"text": "I really need to remember to put my phone on do not disturb when I'm doing electrical work. The buzz on my leg freaks me out every time \u26a1\ufe0f",
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signed up for @brokenarrowskyrace.com (@BrokenArrowCA) 23k #skyRace on 2025-06-22!¹ This will be my third #BrokenArrow race. Goals: finish strong, beat last year’s time.
The race sold out within 10-15minutes of opening this morning. Here’s how it went for me:
09:00 Pacific time registration opened (I had two laptops ready, reloading every second) 09:06 I completed registering but it redirected me to the home page (not a confirmation). I thought it had canceled my registration, so I kept trying. The #UltraSignup site flow was sufficiently broken that I didn't know I had successfully registered. ~9:15 I was able to check my online UltraSignup profile and see the 09:06 registration. 09:25 Received email confirmation of registration.
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My mother passed away nearly 20 years ago. I still miss her. A lot.
But as I was in the car chatting with my kids about our own ages and growing older as a #family is wont to do, it occurred to me that if my mother were still alive, she’d be 73 years old. And the notion of having a 73-year-old “Mom” suddenly struck me as absurdist, loony, perhaps even a little frightening.
I have no idea what a 73-year-old Mom would be like! And would I even like her, the way I did when she was in her 50s and I was in my 20s?
And that idea made me giggle a little. It’s easier to miss her now, because I miss her in a special way I simply wouldn’t if she were different, older, and here.
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For IndieWebCamp San Diego’s Create Day, I worked on cleaning up some code for indiewebify.me and pushed it to a branch on my GitHub.
The readme there has more details, but this is basically an in-progress update to use the SlimPHP framework. It is probably only about 30% complete, but some parts of it are functional. Pushing this to Github will make it easier for the community to collaborate on and decide how to move forward.
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"html": "<p>The years have come and gone, and I\u2019ve never committed to a content practice I\u2019ve long envied:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Blogging every single day.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Well, my friends, it is time. It is time to make the leap, take the plunge, put my money where my mouth is, and <em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0\">just do it</a></em>.</p>\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s true I run more than one <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/website\">#website</a>, so this doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019ll be <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/writing\">#writing</a> and posting every day on JaredWhite.com per se. Frequently yes, but not exclusively\u2014my goal covers all of my <a href=\"https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/\">content projects</a>. As long as I\u2019ve posted on \u201ca blog\u201d in a given day, that fulfills the requirement. (And no, posting on any sort of social media doesn\u2019t count!)</p>\n\n<p>I know this is a tall order, and many people make <strong>grandiose resolutions</strong> at the start of a new year only to fall flat on their face. But I feel like my blogging habits have gotten much better in the past few months, and ramping things up to the next level won\u2019t be difficult.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Will you hold me accountable?</strong> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite\">Please do!</a> \ud83d\ude05</p>",
"text": "The years have come and gone, and I\u2019ve never committed to a content practice I\u2019ve long envied:\n\nBlogging every single day.\n\nWell, my friends, it is time. It is time to make the leap, take the plunge, put my money where my mouth is, and just do it.\n\nNow it\u2019s true I run more than one #website, so this doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019ll be #writing and posting every day on JaredWhite.com per se. Frequently yes, but not exclusively\u2014my goal covers all of my content projects. As long as I\u2019ve posted on \u201ca blog\u201d in a given day, that fulfills the requirement. (And no, posting on any sort of social media doesn\u2019t count!)\n\nI know this is a tall order, and many people make grandiose resolutions at the start of a new year only to fall flat on their face. But I feel like my blogging habits have gotten much better in the past few months, and ramping things up to the next level won\u2019t be difficult.\n\nWill you hold me accountable? Please do! \ud83d\ude05"
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The new iOS app icons dark mode is really messing with my brain. I can't recognize any of the icons at a glance anymore, it's like having to re-learn all the branding.
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"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20241205/columbias-sparse-west-coast",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://geographicgeoff.substack.com/p/colombias-wild-and-empty-west-coast\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Coastal cities like Cartagena and Santa Marta were prioritized for settlement due to their proximity to other Caribbean colonies and Europe more broadly. In contrast, Colombia\u2019s Pacific coast offered little to entice Spanish settlers. The region lacks major natural harbors and continues to face rough seas into today, making it less suitable for large-scale shipping. Additionally, trade routes with Asia and the Pacific Rim were virtually nonexistent during this period, further diminishing the region\u2019s strategic importance.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been a fan of <strong>Geography by Geoff</strong> for some time now, and it certainly doesn\u2019t hurt that Geoff is a local Portlander! I can\u2019t think of any other source on the Internet that\u2019s helped me learn more about <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/geography\">#geography</a> and population growth (or lack thereof) in various regions, and this installment is no different.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Aside:</strong> I also think it\u2019s interesting that Geoff, like many YouTubers, is essentially blogging now with an email newsletter (hosted on Substack which isn\u2019t ideal, but still\u2026). I feel like that\u2019s a growing trend, because creators are realizing just because they have followers on a social media platform doesn\u2019t mean they have a direct relationship with their fans. <strong>Blogging</strong> is also a great way to get <em>key concepts</em> out the door in a way that\u2019s easy to discuss and link to from other websites. Just like I\u2019m doing right now! \ud83d\ude0e</p>",
"text": "Coastal cities like Cartagena and Santa Marta were prioritized for settlement due to their proximity to other Caribbean colonies and Europe more broadly. In contrast, Colombia\u2019s Pacific coast offered little to entice Spanish settlers. The region lacks major natural harbors and continues to face rough seas into today, making it less suitable for large-scale shipping. Additionally, trade routes with Asia and the Pacific Rim were virtually nonexistent during this period, further diminishing the region\u2019s strategic importance.\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve been a fan of Geography by Geoff for some time now, and it certainly doesn\u2019t hurt that Geoff is a local Portlander! I can\u2019t think of any other source on the Internet that\u2019s helped me learn more about #geography and population growth (or lack thereof) in various regions, and this installment is no different.\n\nAside: I also think it\u2019s interesting that Geoff, like many YouTubers, is essentially blogging now with an email newsletter (hosted on Substack which isn\u2019t ideal, but still\u2026). I feel like that\u2019s a growing trend, because creators are realizing just because they have followers on a social media platform doesn\u2019t mean they have a direct relationship with their fans. Blogging is also a great way to get key concepts out the door in a way that\u2019s easy to discuss and link to from other websites. Just like I\u2019m doing right now! \ud83d\ude0e"
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